Se Þræd Eald Englisċes (The Old English Thread)

[Autarkheia]

Ah, but you see, that’s Ecclesiastical Latin, and which is a very heavy corruption of the pure Classical Latin.

Which I associate with the Romans who never interested me much either.

[Hrythingland]

...Not sure whether to burn you for Heresy or not.

That's why I hate Latin. I associate it with the Church and tradition, i.e. things I don't care about.

Ha ha, as a tradcat this amuses me. Yet I see you are a fan of Greek, which is also used by the church and deeply rooted in western traditions.

[Autarkheia]

Ha ha, as a tradcat this amuses me. Yet I see you are a fan of Greek, which is also used by the church and deeply rooted in western traditions.

I like Greek a lot more. Latin seems so bland because there are so many Latin words in English and I grew up learning French as well. Greek is its own branch of the Indo-European family and has some really strange word roots compared to English and the Romance family. It also has a (sort of) unique alphabet. It's much more interesting to me from a linguistic point of view.

As far as dead languages go though, my favourite is probably Biblical Hebrew, but only if they print all the vowels and other markings so I can actually read what it says.

[Kowani]

Ha ha, as a tradcat this amuses me. Yet I see you are a fan of Greek, which is also used by the church and deeply rooted in western traditions.

I like Greek a lot more. Latin seems so bland because there are so many Latin words in English and I grew up learning French as well. Greek is its own branch of the Indo-European family and has some really strange word roots compared to English and the Romance family. It also has a (sort of) unique alphabet. It's much more interesting to me from a linguistic point of view.

As far as dead languages go though, my favourite is probably Biblical Hebrew, but only if they print all the vowels and other markings so I can actually read what it says.

Greek alphabet...bleehgg.

[Hrythingland]

Ha ha, as a tradcat this amuses me. Yet I see you are a fan of Greek, which is also used by the church and deeply rooted in western traditions.

I like Greek a lot more. Latin seems so bland because there are so many Latin words in English and I grew up learning French as well. Greek is its own branch of the Indo-European family and has some really strange word roots compared to English and the Romance family. It also has a (sort of) unique alphabet. It's much more interesting to me from a linguistic point of view.

As far as dead languages go though, my favourite is probably Biblical Hebrew, but only if they print all the vowels and other markings so I can actually read what it says.

I have studied all three of those languages, 7 years of Latin at School, 5 of Classical Greek and a semester module of Classical Hebrew. All are fascinating and beautiful in their own ways. Latin is certainly not bland, it’s just very familiar. Delve into our rich corpus of prose and verse and I’m sure you’ll fall in love with something. Maybe some Catullus, Virgil... Tibullus?

[Guardians of the Holy Bowling Alley]

I've always been interested in Old English. Seems so cool.

[Autarkheia]

Greek alphabet...bleehgg.

The Greek alphabet is easy and makes more sense than romanization. Also if you know it then it helps with learning Cyrillic.

Now Arabic script, that is a pain.

I have studied all three of those languages, 7 years of Latin at School, 5 of Classical Greek and a semester module of Classical Hebrew. All are fascinating and beautiful in their own ways. Latin is certainly not bland, it’s just very familiar. Delve into our rich corpus of prose and verse and I’m sure you’ll fall in love with something. Maybe some Catullus, Virgil... Tibullus?

Maybe, but I doubt it. I'm not really into poetry anyway, except the Romantics.

[Hrythingland]

Greek alphabet...bleehgg.

The Greek alphabet is easy and makes more sense than romanization. Also if you know it then it helps with learning Cyrillic.

Now Arabic script, that is a pain.

I have studied all three of those languages, 7 years of Latin at School, 5 of Classical Greek and a semester module of Classical Hebrew. All are fascinating and beautiful in their own ways. Latin is certainly not bland, it’s just very familiar. Delve into our rich corpus of prose and verse and I’m sure you’ll fall in love with something. Maybe some Catullus, Virgil... Tibullus?

Maybe, but I doubt it. I'm not really into poetry anyway, except the Romantics.

Not into poetry? That is a deep shame there. Poetry furnishes a mind and a tongue.

[Autarkheia]

I like poetry in Old English. I've read Beowulf many times and wrote a paper on it once. I can't get into Latin poetry because I don't care for the language or the culture.